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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT 
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of Alex Ferguson for the Month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 50th
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? - Night? - Sabbath? 
3. Location of Schools? One Mile East of Nacogdoches, to be in town next month 
4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? - Colored?
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Statia Mayfield, Nacogdoches Do, Co. 

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? / Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? The Condition, not good. Capacity, 50 or 60. Value, not certain., Em Burrows 
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 3 Day? - Night? - Sabbath? 
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? - Where? 
9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Douglas, Alto, Chireno, Homer & Lynn Flat
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? if assistance was rendered, 35 or 40 
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? I do not think they could much, as the most of them cannot pay the Teacher here 
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government?

13. Whole number of additional School-Houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District. 5
14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  
I could if assistance was rendered the freedpeople 
15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? about half tuition 
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites?

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your district? Yes In what way could they be carried on? It could Easily be carried on if they had money to pay for the same
18. What more can this Bureau do for education the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? It has never done anything for them in this District, & I do not know what it could do
19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? None have ever been received though they need it very much 

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct. 

Alex Ferguson
Sub-Asst. Com. Bureau R. F. & A. L.  

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